Lock for spare wheels and tires



Oct. l1, 1932. H. s. JANDus ET AL LOCK FOR SARE WHEELS AND TIRES Filed Sept. 27. 1930 I5 Sheets-Sheet 1 oct. 11, 1932.

H. s. JANDUs ET AL 1,881,620

LOCK FOR SPARE WHEELS AND TIRES Filed Sept. 27, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct! 11 15932- H. s. JANDUS ET AL 1,881,520

LOCK FOR SPARE WHEELS AND TIRES Filed Sept. 27, 1950 4 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 ill" g5.

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Patented Got. 11, 179372.

iinii'sn [STATES jiA'isNT OFFICE HERBERT s. JANDUS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, vrAND FREDERICK'AJSMITH, or CHICAGO, i'iizinois, AssIGNORs To OAKES PRODUCTS CORPORATION, or RoRTIi` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CoiirORATroN or MICHIGAN LOCK FOR SPARE WHEELS AND TIRES Application led September 27, 1930.. Serial No. 484,764.

`lhisinvention has todo with locks, more particularly of the type employed yin connection with automobiles, spare wheels, tires and tire Covers. n L

There are numerous 'locks ofthis general Character now on the market, Vespecially insofar asthey relate to the locking of wheels and the tires and/or covers mounted thereon, and these are more orless successful. These locks are attended generally with undesirable features, however, since they are 'often made with-av plurality of separable parts, one or more of which may be easily lost, are quite dicult to assemble and disassemble, and to apply in position, and .include complicated rmechanism, involving expensive manufacfturing operations which render :such locks `plicity, is extremely low.

rather high priced.

`It is one of the-principal objects 'of this invention to provide a' lock-of this lgeneral character which is of extremely simple construction andinvolves a minimum of parts lwhich are inseparablyconnected as a unit,

and which may be. applied and removedfrom the tire and wheel very.l readily, and whose cost of manufacture, by reason'of `itssimi A further object'of.fthe-invention resides in the provision of an anti-theft device'or locking a spare wheel, thetire mounted thereon, and the tire cover mounted on the tire, to a vehicle, regardless whether the lwheel .is

mounted in the rear or inthe fenderwellof the cai', or elsewhere.

- The invention has particular application to that character of wheel which receives one or more male threaded members on a wheel carrier, and to the extremities of which members nuts are applied. In carrying out the invention, we employ a unitary stamping or the like applied on the Outsideof the spare wheel and in a position to so cover the nut or nuts as to prevent unauthorized access thereto and'l at the saine time partially or complete- -ly enclose the valve stem to therebyprevent unauthorized access to the same. A. locking element in the `form Ofa lock cylinder or the like is swivelly mounted in the stamping or the like and may be provided with-one or more plungers, spring pressed or otherwise,

'ment is provided whereby the whole lock is securely mounted on the wheel so that unauthorized access to the carrier nuts and tire valve stem is prevented. Where it is desired to lock only the wheel and the tire, means may be provided for preventing separation of the hook member from the threaded eX- tension of the lock cylinder. However, whenever it is desired to employ a tire cover lock in connection with the other locking instru- 4mentalities, the hook member may include an arm which may take thegeneral form of a question mark, the upper end having a releasable inter-locking engagement with the tire cover, which cover is contemplated as f being of the metallic type. I Other and further important objects of this inventionwill become apparent from the following description and appended claims.

As shown on the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational view showing one form of my invention used in connection with a wheel and tire of well known construction, Vthe wheel and valve stem of the tire being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken approximately in the plane indicated bythe line H H in Figure 1, certain parts being shown in elevation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Figure 2, showing a slightly modified formi oi'i the invention.

Figure ll' illustrates a form of the invention which includes means for locking a tire cover as well as the wheel and tire.

Figure is a fragmentary plan View taken approximately inthe plane indicated by the line V-j-V in the Figure 4. l

` The head2 of the T-shaped member 1, has' an end surface 3 conforming in shape sub-v Figure is a sectional view taken approxi- 'nfately the fpla-ne indicated by the linev VIi-VI in Figure14.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view partially in section showing another form of the invention.`

Referring now` more particularly to the drawings wherein the same parts are indicated byidentical characters, we` provide aVV substantially" inverted T'-shaped housing",v which may be stamped or otherwise formed,

and having a channel-shaped cross-section.

stantially to that of thehub indicated atA, whichmay be of any construction. It .will

n, beapparentfromthe variousfgures, that the l v:nuts Bof the spare wheelcarrier F, are quite "completely enclosed by the walls of the head 2 .and the 'hub A. Rearwardly extending Yflanges 4 straddle the valvestem Ck andextend therebeyond suiiiciently to cooperate with the frear or other permanent part of the vehicle to kprevent access to the valve stem. Theupy per extremity 5 ofthe stamping 1 projects somewhat rearwardly from the facev of the stamping to abut the wheel. rim D at 6,` and the casing y1 isprovided withshort f1ang-es:7'

which are so dimensioned, that they engage the hub A at substantially the. same time that the hub is engaged by the rearwardly extendingY flanges of the head 2 and the portion 5 engages the rim D.

- vIntegral. with or permanently` fastened to Ythe casing 1 in any suitable manner is a substantially cylindrical member Shaving one or more, substantially radial recesses 9-and a rear,inwardly'extending flange` 10. A lock cylinder 11 is rotatablymounted in the cylinder Sand is provided with aspring pressed plunger 12 adapted toY normally occupy one of ltherecesses 9.V The lock cylinder 11 con,-

tains tumbler means13 operable by akey 14 andhaving an eccentric boss 15 operating in the slot 16 of the plunger 12, andadaptedY whenthetumbl'er means 13: is rotated te unlocked position, to withdraw the plunger 12 'f from its recess 9 and maintain the same withdrawn against the pressure of the spring.

The cylinder 3 is provided with a flange 17 which maybe in the form of a split ring fitting yina groove as shown or in any other Ysuitable form, such flange being located on the reduced portion 18'to form with the main body ofthe cylinder 11, aV groove in which the flange 10 is received. Thus the cylinder .11 isv swivelled in and incapable of longitudinal movement with respect to the cylinder 8. The cylinder 11 is further reduced and provided vwith a y'threaded extension 19, on which a female threaded member 2 0, having a depending hooked port-ionh21, is received,the outer- 'mo'stportion' of the extension 19 being pro- "f vided with a flangef22 which may in the form of a split'ring-fittingin to a groove as ,ceive the rim of the hub A.`

shown, or `may be permanently securedto the extension 19, to prevent removalv ofthe femalel member 20 from nsaid extension.,y The hook portion 21 is adapted to receive a rearwardly extending portion orrimof the hub 'A as shown, and when the'parts are in'locked position as seen in Figure 2, it will be evident that the enga-gement` of the hookV with said lrim is such as to' prevent unauthorized rotalk distance iIL excess of the thickness of4 ,thel

threaded portion of the female member 23, so thaty when the female member 23 isV located in its substantially rear position, it

may be rotated about the extension 19. Thus `it will be apparent that when the locking instrumentalities are moved into. position as just mentioned, thehook 21 may beturned to a position atsubstantially right angles or at180 from its position as shown yin Figure ,2,.so Vthat Vit will` offer 'no obstruction to theproper placement of the various parts in their operative position. When theY casingis in engagement with the hub A and the Vrim Dfofthewheel asA shown,` the hook 21 may be engaged by the finger 'of the person applyingy the lockV and Vfipped or otherwise moved around until Vit is in a position to re- The cylinder 11may beprovided with handle means indicated at 25 or with wrench engaging means indicated atk 26inthe form shown in FigureV 3. YVlith the plunger 12 withdrawn' into the cylinder 11, the latter is subjected toa rotarymotion either by yhand lor bymeans of a wrench, in a1 direction to draw the hook member 21 rforwardly until the same receives the rim of the hub A asV shown inFigure 2.` The holes 9 are. provided foradjustment aswell as for locking purposes, and after the parts are properly tightened,- the plungers 12A may be moved by means of the y'key 14 and the spring into the appropriate recess'V or hole 9.v With the key 14 removed it is apparent that the device will effectively prevent unauthorized access to the carrier nuts Band valve stem Cto thereby prevent theft of the wheel, and tire.y

Inthe form of my invention shown in FigureV 3, the only changes over the construction illustrated'in Figure 2resides inthe substitution of wrench engaging means2.6

'forthefhand gripmeans 25 and-the permafnent flange127'forfthe splitgring 2,2, Y

f "Injth'e*form*y of'jmy'invention Ashown in Figures' 4,75 the casing 28 is of the general'form illustrated in the previous ligures,including ahead'29 cooperating with the h ub A,k of the wheel to enclose the carrier Y nuts B[againstunauthorized access, and havin'gf'a ilip atj its upper extremity in. lengagementwith 'the wheel rim D. This casing 1, 'may be in the-formof a stamping or otherseparated or united or only one such base I withy one or vmore substantially vradial recesses 20. ada yted to receivethe s ring ressed lunger 36 of the locking instrumentalities 37. These instrumentalities include tumbier means and the like as described in connection with the construction of the Figures 1, 2 and 3, and include a cylinder 39 which 1s swiv- Velled to the housing 35 in any suitable manner, one manner or `form being illustrated as comprising split ring means 40 1n comple 3b mentary grooves 38. The cylinder 39 is provided with a reduced threaded extension 41 vunthreaded to the housing 35 and the base portions 33 and projecting therebeyond for engagement with a female member 42. The female member 42 may itself be threaded, or, as shown, a nut 43 is permanently fastened thereto either by welding as at 44 or in any other suitable manner. The female memi' lis ber 42 is provided with a depending hook 45 adapted to receive the rim of the hub A in the manner shown. The member 42 is in the form substantially of a question mark having a body 46 which is curved to conform roughly to the cross-sectional shape of the tire E and the cover mounted thereon. While the housing 34 may be permanently secured to the casing 28 in any well known manner, we have illustrated the same as being secured to the casing by means of one or more depressions 47 in the casing, which depressions iit into corresponding depressions in the housing 34. y

While the body 46 of the member 42 may be suitably formed for inter-locking engage` ment with any type of tire cover, we illustrate the same in `connection with a metallic cover embodying a side annular plate 48 adapted for engagement with the outer wall of a tire E and held securely against the wall of the tire by means of a split spring ring member 49 which, by reason of its resilience, maintains the side plate 48 as well as itself tightly and securely on the tire. The ring member 49 is provided with a staple 50 which may be integrally or permanently securedv thereto in any suitable manner. As illustrated, the member 49is provided with an opening 51 through which the body ofy the staple 50 projects'as clearly shown in Figure 6, such staplebeing provided with flanges 52 riveted at 53 to the ring 49. The body of the'Y staple 50 yis spaced from the ring 49 and the body 4G of the member 42 is provided with a hook 54 adapted to receive the forward edge of the staple 50, the spacing vof the body of the staple from the ring 49 being such as to permit av slight amount of play between it and the inturned end 55 of "the hook 54.

locking engagement with the staple 50.. The

hook portion 45 of the member 42 is then hooked over the rearwardly extending rim of the hub A. The casing 28 with its various locking instrumentalities is moved from left to right looking at Figure 4 in such a manner as to receive the valve steni and to cover the nuts B, whereupon the threaded extension 41 willbe disposed in a position to enter the threaded portion 43 of the member 42." The parts 'are held together by the hand or otherwise, the key 14 is operated to with` draw the plunger 36 if the latter is not already withdrawn, and the cylinder 39 is sub- "jected to a rotary motion until the threaded 'extension 41 has gained an entrance to the nut portion 44. The hand ma then be Withdrawn, and the cylinder 39y urther rotated until the casing 28 and the member 42 constitute in effect the jaws of a vice-like structure engaging opposite sides of the hub A. When the plunger 36 isopposite a recess 35 which will provide the proper adjustment, the key 14 is inserted and rotated until the plunger enters such recess, thereby effectively locking the spare wheel, tire and cover ,against theft. v j l -While the staple 50 is illustratedas being of a substantially flat construction, it will be appreciated that the same may be cylindrical or otherwise formed,'and `the hook 54 similarly shaped to provide sufficient pivotal movement therebetween to obvia-te any obstruction to the separation and drawing together of the threaded parts 41 and 43.

The construction inFigure 7, shows the same form -of invention as is illustrated in Figure 4, except that the tire 'cover locking member is replaced by a simple nut 56 similar to a wing nut and having a. pair of grooves 57, a pluralityof such grooves beingprovided to facilitate application of the nut to 'the rim of the hub A. f

Wey are aware l that numerous details of construction-may be varied through a wide range without departing-rom lthe principles of this invention, and we, therefore, do not :purpose limiting the patent granted, otherwise than necessitatedlby the prior art.- n Weclaimas our invention:` j l Y v i f l, Inca device for-rendering theft-proof .al spare wheeland tire mounted on a carrier, apair of jaws engageable with` opposite sides ofthe wheel forfgripping the latter, :onel of said jaws comprising a housing for receiving the Wheel mounting meansgand the tire valve, wherebyto prevent access'to said means and valve, instrumentalities for adjusting said jaws relative toY each other', Vand Vmeans for limiting separative movement of said j aWS, whereby a; unitarydevice is provided; c

, 2. Inla device .for rendering theft-proof a *sparev wheeland tire mounted `on a.. carrier, a pair'of jaws engageablewith opposite sides of thezwheelor grippingrthejlatten Aone of said jaws' comprising 4a housing for reciving gthewheelmountmg means, and the tire valve,

of the wheel, one member yhaving means to prevent removal of the wheelfrom a; carrier and the other member having means for interlocking' engagement with the'v cover.

7 In a device of theclass described, a spare wheel, tire and tire cover, a carrierhaving means for mounting 'the wheel thereon, a plurality of relatively adjustable. members engageable with opposite sides'of'the wheel, one ofsaid membershaving means to preventv elfective access to the mounting means, the second member and coverlbeing detachably interlocked, and rmeans forlockingau of the parts against unauthorized disturb- In testimony whereof ywe `have `hereunto subscribed our names atf'Detroit, VvVayne HERBERT s] JNDUsQ FREDERICK A; SMITH. 1

whereby tov prevent access to. said means and valve, and. instrumentalities for .adjusting -said jawsLrelativetoeach other-said instrumentalities being swivelly connected to one of saidfjaws. l i Y s Y Y i x In a device for` rendering-:theft-proof a spare wheel and,r tiremounted on a. carrier, a pair yof jaws engageable, with; opposite sides ofthe wheelor-gripping the latter, one of Y said aws comprising ahousingfor receiving the wheel mounting means andthe tire valve,

whereby tov preventaccess tosaid ,means and said aws relative to each other, said instrumentalities; beingv in,v threaded. engagement with one of .sa-id* jawsand swivelled to the -other of saidffjaws;

k4. AfIn a devicefo-r rendering theft-proof .a

';valve and instrumentalities ilfor adjusting l' vspare wheel and tire mounted on acarrier, a

, pair off-j awsengageable .with .opposite sides s of the wheel for gripping the latter-one of 1 saidej aws comprising a housing, lfory receiving .the wheel mounting means and the, tire valve,- whereby to prevent access A'to said means and valve, and instrumentalities for adjusting said' jaws relative .tofA each other, said jaws having cooperating flat portionsto.. inhibit relative rotationof said jaws.

5; In a Vdevice Vfolrlenolermg theft-.proof a ik spare wheel,-andtirefmountedona carrier, a-

pair. of jaws engageable with opposite sides ofthe wheel for .gripping 'the latten-one of said jaws comprising a housing for receiving the wheel mounting means and the-tire valve, whereby to prevent laccess to said means and valve, and instrumentalities for adjusting said jaws :relative to--each other, onev of said jaws comprising a hooked portion engageable within the rim of Athe wheel hub- Y 6; In a de'vicefvoi` the class described, a

spare wheel, tire andcover, relatively movable clampy members, i instrumentalities for ff clamping said membersagainstf.oppotesdes Y County, Michigan, and'North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois.v Y v er i VA85 

